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Browse officers in command: A - B; C - E; F - G; H - K; L - O; P - R; S - T; U - Z; ??
| William Edmonstone R.N. | Explanation | ||
| Date (from) | (Date to) | Personal | |
| 29 January 1810 | Born (Middlesex, England) | ||
| 13 July 1842 | Married Mary Elizabeth (1823-1902), eldest daughter of Lieut.-Col. John Whitehall Parsons (1785-1848), Resident of the Island of Zante. | ||
| 1863 | C.B. (Companion of the Order of the Bath) | ||
| 6 February 1874 | 4 April 1880 | M.P. (Conservative) for Stirlingshire | |
| 18 February 1888 | Died (Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland) | ||
| Entry in O'Byrnes 1849 'Naval Biographical Dictionary' | |||
| Obituary in the Times newspaper | |||
| Date | Rank | ||
| 5 September 1822 | Entered Navy | ||
| 23 February 1829 | Lieutenant | ||
| 23 November 1841 | Commander | ||
| 20 October 1853 | Captain | ||
| 3 July 1869 | Rear-Admiral | ||
| 1 April 1870 | Retired Rear-Admiral | ||
| 23 February 1876 | Retired Vice-Admiral | ||
| 9 January 1880 | Retired Admiral | ||
| Date from | Date to | Service | |
| 26 July 1840 | Lieutenant and commander in Weazle, Mediterranean | ||
| 16 January 1852 | Commander (2ic) in St George, commanded by Joseph Nias, guard ship of Ordinary, Devonport | ||
| 10 June 1859 | 12 August 1859 | Captain in Dauntless (from commissioning at Portsmouth), Portsmouth | |
| 12 August 1859 | 23 August 1859 | Captain in Pearl, Portsmouth | |
| 23 August 1859 | 6 December 1862 | Commodore in Arrogant (from commissioning at Portsmouth until paying off at Portsmouth), Commander-in-chief, west coast of Africa | |
| 1 January 1864 | Captain in Indus, flagship of Rear-Admiral Thomas Matthew Charles Symonds, flagship of the Admiral Superintendent, Devonport Dockyard | ||
| 9 April 1866 | Commodore in Fisgard, Woolwich | ||
| 6 April 1868 | Commodore in Fisgard, Woolwich | ||
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